Garment-fastener.



PATENTED MAR. 29,1904.

A. GLBVES.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR, 21, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTOR- Patented March 29, 1904,

PATENT EEIcE.

ANNA CLEVES, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 755,617, dated March 29,1904.

Application filed April 21, 1903.

T0 00% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNA CLEvEs, residing at Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain useful Improvementsin Adjustable Garment-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and novel improvement ingarment-fasteners.

The aim of my invention is to provide a fastener adjustably arranged sothat the same may be used in securing a skirt to a waist and, further,be adapted to be adjustable to the various widths of belts, so that bymeans of my garment-fastener two garments may be fastened, while at thesame time the fas tener may be adjusted to snugly accommodate a narrowribbon or a wide belt, which will be more fully described, and finallyset forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown, in Figure 1, the brokenportion of a belt disclosing my garment-fastener in position, while Fig.2 shows an edged view of one of the members composing mygarment-fastener.

In securing a skirt to awaist it is desirable not only that these twogarments be neatly held together,but the fastener, further, should beadapted to receive a suitable belt or ribbon usually employed in hidingthe point of union between the two garments. As the belt may be a narrowribbon or a wide belt, it is desirable that in order that the idea ofneatness be. preserved the fastener be adjustable, and so in fulfillingthe aim of my invention I provide a fastener comprisinga member B, whichmay be made of sheet spring metal and which has its opposite ends arecurved and each recurved end being provided with an extending ear 6,as is shown-in Figs. 1 and 2.

The member A works adjustably and slidably within an ear 0 of acounterpart member B, as shown in Fig 1. This ear-provided member B alsohas its ends a recurved and pro- Vided with the projecting ears 6, asshown.

Serial No. 153,690. (No model.)

Now by virtue of the projecting ears 0 these two membersA and B may beworked scissors fashion to accommodate between the recurved ends a avery wide or a comparatively narrow band or belt. Now in order to securethis garment supporter or fastener to the garments the same are providedwith suitable eyes, as 2, provided with the attaching-loops 1, and theseeyes are preferably in the form of flat stems which neatly fit againstthe garment, as is shown in Fig. 1, where the lower end a of the memberA is shown as held below the eye 2. A plurality of these eyes must beused if the width of the belt is to be changed, as the position of theseeyes determines the distance between the members A and B.

It will be noticed in referring to Figs. 1 and 2 that the projectingears 6 extend toward the curve of the end a, so that in securing thesemembers a and b the recurved end must be carried below the eyelet 2until the projecting ear 6 escapes below the same to later be held abovethe bend 2 of the eyelet, so that the projecting ear prevents theskirt-fastening members working in one direction and the bend in themembers preventing it to work in an opposite direction, so as to providea neat and simple fastening device, and between these members a and Z)is then passed a suitable ribbon or belt 00, and this ribbon or belt maybe passed between the members before they are secured or afterward.

This garment-fastener will hold not only the skirt and waist together,but also retains the belt in place'and can further be used in keeping inplace a necktie on a standing collar.

By changing the position of the eyes it is adjusted to any width ofribbon or belt, and these flat elongated eyes will not interfere withthe laundering of the articles to which 9 ends bent at an angle, theends of one member being bent toward the ends of the opposite member,each end being provided with an outwardly-extending ear, and suitablemeans secured to garments to engage said ends and said ears, allarranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a belt and garment fastener the combination of a belt-holdingmember having its opposite ends recurved, each recurved end beingprovided with an extending ear, said member being further provided withan'outsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

ANNA OLEVES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. Suns, FREDERICK J. LARSON.

